بهيج

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ب ه ج (b-h-j)

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

بَهِيج (bahīj) (feminine بَهِيجَة (bahīja), masculine plural بُهَجَاء (buhajāʔ))

  1. delightful, joyous
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:5:
      وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَإِذَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَاءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنْبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ
      watarā l-ʔarḍa hāmidatan faʔiḏā ʔanzalnā ʕalayhā l-māʔa htazzat warabat waʔanbatat min kulli zawjin bahījin
      And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.

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